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Though central to the social, political, and cultural life of the nineteenth-century city, the urban volunteer fire department has nevertheless been largely ignored by historians. Redressing this neglect, Amy Greenberg reveals the meaning of this central institution by comparing the fire departments of Baltimore, St. Louis, and San Francisco from the late eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Volunteer fire companies protected highly flammable cities from fire and provided many men with friendship, brotherhood, and a way to prove their civic virtue. While other scholars have claimed that fire companies were primarily working class, Greenberg shows that they were actually mixed social groups: merchants and working men, immigrants and native-born--all found a common identity as firemen. Cause for Alarm presents a new vision of urban culture, one defined not by class but by gender. Volunteer firefighting united men in a shared masculine celebration of strength and bravery, skill and appearance. In an otherwise alienating environment, fire companies provided men from all walks of life with status, community, and an outlet for competition, which sometimes even led to elaborate brawls.While this culture was fully respected in the early nineteenth century, changing social norms eventually demonized the firemen's vision of masculinity. Greenberg assesses the legitimacy of accusations of violence and political corruption against the firemen in each city, and places the municipalization of firefighting in the context of urban social change, new ideals of citizenship, the rapid spread of fire insurance, and new firefighting technologies.Originally published in 1998.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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The degree of danger in the atmosphere of a hazardous location needs to be determined prior to selecting an acceptable electrical equipment installation. If maximum safety is the predominant factor in determining the type of electrical installations, the cost of electrical equipment will be extremely high. If low cost of electrical installation is the predominant factor, safety to personnel and equipment may be unacceptably low. It is, therefore, necessary to find a point of balance at which the cost and safety requirements are both satisfied and acceptable. In nine out of ten cases, a
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Fire departments --- -Fire departments --- -Rescue work --- -Civil defense --- Rescue dogs --- Brigades, Fire --- Fire brigades --- Fire companies --- County services --- Municipal services --- Economic aspects --- -Evaluation --- Theses --- Rescue work --- Evaluation. --- -Economic aspects --- Evaluation --- Civil defense
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Quantitative methods in social research --- 614.84 --- Fire departments --- -System analysis --- Network theory --- Systems analysis --- System theory --- Mathematical optimization --- Brigades, Fire --- Fire brigades --- Fire companies --- County services --- Municipal services --- Fire hazards. Fires and firefighting. Protection against fire --- Management --- System analysis. --- Management. --- 614.84 Fire hazards. Fires and firefighting. Protection against fire --- System analysis --- Network analysis --- Network science
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Fire departments --- -Fire extinction --- -01.03 --- 12.02 --- Buildings --- Extinction of fires --- Fighting of fires --- Fire fighting --- Fire suppression --- Firefighting --- Fire prevention --- Public safety --- Insurance engineering --- Brigades, Fire --- Fire brigades --- Fire companies --- County services --- Municipal services --- History --- Verzekeringswezen ; Geschiedenis --- Preventie ; Brand --- Fires and fire prevention --- Fire extinction --- History.
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Fire Departments --- Fire fighters --- Fire departments --- #SBIB:023.IO --- #SBIB:35H200 --- #SBIB:35H305 --- #SBIB:35H6012 --- Firefighters --- Firemen --- Brigades, Fire --- Fire brigades --- Fire companies --- Overheidsmanagement: algemene werken --- Organisatieleer: organisatieverandering --- Bestuur en beleid: nationale en regionale studies: Frankrijk --- County services --- Municipal services --- Officials and employees --- Fire Departments - France. --- Fire fighters - France.
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Hygiene. Public health. Protection --- anno 1800-1999 --- anno 2000-2009 --- Louvain --- Fire departments --- History --- History. --- 949.32 LEUVEN --- Geschiedenis van België: hertogdom Brabant; provincie Brabant--(reg./lok.)--LEUVEN --- 949.32 LEUVEN Geschiedenis van België: hertogdom Brabant; provincie Brabant--(reg./lok.)--LEUVEN --- Brigades, Fire --- Fire brigades --- Fire companies --- County services --- Municipal services --- Fire fighters --- Belgium --- Louvain (Belgium) --- 20th century --- 21st century --- 614.83 --- Brandweer--Leuven--geschiedenis --- Geschiedenis van België: hertogdom Brabant--provincie Brabant--(reg./lok.)--LEUVEN --- Fire departments - Belgium - Louvain - History
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Quantitative Evaluation of Fire and EMS Mobilization Times presents comprehensive empirical data on fire emergency and EMS call processing and turnout times, and aims to improve the operational benchmarks of NFPA peer consensus standards through a close examination of real-world data. The book also identifies and analyzes the elements that can influence EMS mobilization response times. Quantitative Evaluation of Fire and EMS Mobilization Times is intended for practitioners as a tool for analyzing fire emergency response times and developing methods for improving them. Researchers working in a related field will also find the book valuable.
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